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drinking and bathing fountains. In Worcester some very suc- 

 cessful work has been done. In one school yard there has been 

 erected an artistic fountain, which is visited by many species of 

 birds, and which also serves as an ornament to the yard. 



COLORED PLATES FOR APRIL NUMBER 

 Mr. William Dutcher, President of the NaticMial Associa- 

 tion of Audubon Societies, has offered to supply colored plates 

 of the passenger pigeon and mourning dove for the April num- 

 ber of the Nature-Study Review. The search for the undis- 

 turbed nests is rapidly assuming continental scope and the gen- 

 eral interest gives ground for hope that, if any of the pigeons 

 are found, they may be adequately protected and the s])e- 

 cies restored. A complete list of the awards and conditions 

 governing them will be printed in the April number. We 

 should state, however, that John Lewis Childs has added $700 

 to Colonel Kuser's original award of $300, making the first un- 

 disturbed nesting pair or colony discovered anywhere on the 

 continent of North America, draw a prize of $1,000. The to- 

 tal sum now pledged to this cause is $3690.00. 



Signed, 



C. F. Hodge 



Nature-Study Interest in St. Louis is rapidly growing to the 

 point of enthusiasm and it is altogether likely that a branch of 

 the American Nature-Study Society will be organized in that 

 city during the present year. Prof. J. A. Drushel, of Teachers 

 College, is a leader in the movement and several of the element- 

 ary school principals are activelv interested. 



